what are your thoughts on avril haines becoming dni?>> i was disappointed when presley fight named avril haines as the dni. there are so many questions that so many of us have about avril haines and the work she did at the white house as well as the cia that have to be answered. we know avril haines at the nsc was in charge of determining whether it was legal or illegal to place legal on governance kilis. we know and know most all cases that she said it was legal to put these names on the kill list and people were subsequently killed by drone, including eric and citizens like anwar al-awlaki. they were american citizens who had never been charged with a crime. they had never face their accusers in the court of law. she has never had to answer for that. as you pointed out correctly, she was also the deputy director of the cia when the cia under john brennan was hacking into the senate intelligence committees computer systems in order to disrupt the investigation that led to the senate torture report. and another question thai have that i

and to support avril haines for d.n.i. she is capable, qualified and will undertake its serious responsibilities with a clear-eyed sense of promise. thank you. and with that, i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. i ask unanimous consent to yield back all time. the presiding officer: is there objection? the question occurs on the nomination. mr. warner: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: is is there any senator wishing to change his vote or change their vote? if not, the yeas are 8 had the nays are 10, the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. van hollen: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. van hollen: i ask that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permit

janet yellen and avril haines.oon we'll hear from fro tony blinken and lloyd austin for defense secretary. >> they are typically in place by inauguration. it doesn't appear they will be this time. so it is unlikely, and that is a problem with all that is on the plate of this new administration. so who are these people, who have been tapped to fill the key positions in the biden administration. let's gib with christine romans covering the janet yellen hearing. and the testimony fired a shot but at least about the administration's intentions when it comes to covid. she said the smartest thing we could do is act big in terms of a new stimulus plan. so that is clearly going to be a priority this incoming administration. will they get it. >> and she's battle tested, an economist who ran the most central bank in the world, taking over this top job in this crisis makes her one of the most powerful women in the world. all former living treasure secretaries have endorsed her swift confirmation. her job today is to be the sa

sworn-in senator alex padilla is going to be a guest coming up on "morning joe." >>> meanwhile, avril haines confirmed yesterday by the senate as the biden administration's director of national intelligence. haines is president biden's first confirmed cabinet secretary. with a vote of 84-10, she will be the first woman to serve as dni, overseeing the country's 18 intelligence agencies. president biden also announced yesterday acting cabinet heads to temporarily lead federal agencies before his nominees are confirmed by the senate. and joining us now, senior opinion writer at the "boston globe" and an msnbc contributor, kimberly atkins. kimberly, good morning! nothing like reading your own name on the senate floor as you conduct your new business. kamala harris clearly amused by that. but let's talk about the broader picture here in terms of the democratic senate, what this means for joe biden. kamala harris likely to be a critical tie-breaking vote in many instances. but the fact that they get to control the agenda, what comes down to the senate floor, is going to make a big difference in te

i'm curious to get your opinion on avril haines, which ones stand out most to you?ll, she's very well qualified for the position. her confirmation which was overwhelming, 84 to 10, almost everyone on the intelligence committee who voted for her could not come soon enough. our intelligence community is in tatters, acting people, staff that feels pushed out, low morale. what challenges matter? well, you were just talking about a couple of them that i think really matter. i think the challenge of vaccine distribution program really matters. that's not an intel function inside the u.s. but, surely, it's a tool we have, rejoining with our alies with distribution networks around the world that will improve the view of the u.s. which, again, needs improvement. and the other thing you were just talking about was iran. understanding where iran is, not just in terms of nuclear stockpiles but in terms of future capabilities and intentions in the region is crucial before we start a new conversation about rejoining the jcpoa, the iran agreement. and avril haines understood that.

avril haines, she was confirmed to the director of national intelligence. first woman to lead the u.s. intelligence community. it was an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. we'll see what happen. our chief -- congratulations. mansu is our chief congressional reporter now. >> thanks, wolf. >>> let's discuss all the challenges facing the in new congress. democratic senator chris coons of delaware, key member of the senate foreign relations committee. senator, is this proposal by mcconnell to delay the impeachment trial until february, a few weeks, couple weeks, three weeks, let's see. is that something you think your fellow democrats could support? >> well, wolf, i think democrats will be open to considering a delay that allows former president trump time to assemble his legal team and his defense for the impeachment trial, if we are making progress on confirming the very talented, seasoned, and diverse tehat president joe biden has nominated to serve in his cab cabinet. as you just mentioned we confirmed avril haines to be director of national intelligence last

one thing avril haines said yesterday, the nominee for national intelligence director, a long way forto join the iran nuclear deal. the second thing is you promised to declassify the intelligence report regarding saudi arabia and the killing of jamal khashoggi. the new biden administers and coming it and you are focused on foreign policy. how different will their approach to the middle east be than his predecessor? sudha: i think avril haines and people like secretary of state nominee tony blinken recognize the appearance of the u.s. having a global leadership role. joe biden has brought together a very experienced, almost technocratic national security team. i think they are also going to approach u.s. foreign-policy moving forward with more restraint. so, that means that the middle east is going to be a place where the united states is going to still try to continue to remove forces and also have allies, and of course, the countries in the middle east take care of their own security. we will see that because this national security team also notes the policy power for the u.s. even i

one final matter regarding those nominees and president biden's nominee for cabinet on wednesday avril haines was confirmed as director of national intelligence. we hope to be able to consider tony blinken to be the secretary of state asked again today we are considering floyd -- lloyd austin president biden's nominee to serve as secretary of defense. i voted to approve a waiver that would allow yesterday notwithstanding the cooling off period after a military service and i will be voting in favor of his confirmation. i'm voting yes because the nominee is clearly qualified and they should give latitude to fill their terms of qualified mainstream people of their choosing. at the same time the senate should request -- reflect on the fact that we will have two executive demonstrations issuing a waiver to a four-star general and former centcom commander to lead the pentagon. the armed services committee held a hearing last week to examine the waiver and the current state of civil military relations at the pentagon but expect the committee will continue to pay close attention to this important iss

avril haines has been confirmed. the biden team has one of their nominees confirmed. that leads a lot still to make their way through capitol hill, still to make their way through the senate confirmation hearings. right now what's kind of holding that up is that democrats and republicans still haven't hammered out their power-sharing agreement there which means they're not sure who is leading committees. so this is slowing it down a little bit. but there has been progress made on these senate confirmation hearings. we know that transportation secretary nominee pete buttigieg is going to testify later today. cnn did obtain a copy of his remarks. he's going to talk about the importance of infrastructure, which we know is very important to the biden team. it's legislation they want to get through. and so he's going to talk in his hearing about infrastructure and about how important that is, as he makes his case to be transportation secretary to that senate committee. widening it out a little bit, here's what else we know this morning. we know that there are several other

last night they confirmed the cabinet nominee director of national intelligence avril haines will behe first woman to serve in that position in her hearing she pledge to do a threat assessment of cueing on when to begin that job. but today the action has been at the senate committee on commerce, science and transportation transportation secretary nominee pete buttigieg said biden's a administration will look to expand the federal mask mandate to other modes of transportation if there is relevant authority to do so, he made a push to build bipartisan support for an infrastructure package. >> buttigieg defended president biden's plan to block the keystone pipeline calling it a broader jobs package that will in that being net positive despite considerable pushback from the gop, concerned about losing american job and energy. >> i'm looking at natural gas it's down about 1.7%, it's been low for a long time, thank you very much, jacqui heinrich, she is so smart do you want to know a secret about her look on my podcast i did a whole podcast focusing on her inner climb on where she is today

.>> today president biden is first confirmed nominee avril haines was sworn in as the director of national intelligence. >>> mask wearing is considered the easiest way to slow the spread of covid-19 but a new study finds that about half of americans don't wear them consistently. the study also found some racial disparities and found that white people were the least likely to consistently wear a mask while in close contact with other households. 46% reported wearing them compared to 67% of black people, 63% of people in the latin x community and 65% of other racial groups. the study also found that people are most inconsistent with masking while in small groups. it said that too many people lack a clear understanding of the real danger. >>> still ahead, bay area high school students having a discussion on antiracism are suddenly flooded with racist and pornographic images. tonight the students tell us that this highlights a bigger problem. >> calling me the n-word, micro questions ask me why i'm here. >> some students in san mateo county could head back to the classroom next week. >>> a liv

avril haines, director of national intelligence, confirmed on his first night in office. three nominees, while all groundbreaking in their own right, first woman in that position, first african-american as the head of the defense department, first woman above treasury, this effort to confirm nominees are moving at a slower pace than joe biden's past predecessors, including barack obama, bill clinton, george h.w. bush, george w. bush, all had nominees confirmed at a much more rapid clip. even donald trump on his first day in office in 2017 had two nominees confirm ed on that firt day. biden, as i mentioned, just one. so, democrats trying to get more nominees confirmed this week, including possibly tony blinken to be the head of the state department. others as well. they will need cooperation from republicans as well, given the rules of the senate and given the unusual nature here. this 50/50 senate, they have not officially organized the senate because of a fight between the leaders of the senate. as a result, republicans still control the senate committees, even though th

. >> reporter: they approved avril haines for director of national intelligence. biden's arrival at the white house without the crowds and pageantry, dampened by the pandemic and also security threats ♪ o say can you see ♪ >> reporter: but the inauguration ceremony still went ahead wednesday morning. biden taking his oath at the u.s. capitol. before sharing a message of healing and unity on the steps of a site that became a deadly insurrection two weeks ago. >> we must end this uncivil war that pitts red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. we can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts. >> reporter: his inaugural address moments after kamala harris made history. >> so help me god. >> reporter: becoming the first woman and first black and asian-american vice president. ♪ >> reporter: at night fireworks brightened the sky across the capitol as the president and first lady, jill biden, looked on from the white house balcony. the display. the finale of a virtual celebration featuring a star-stunned lineup and three forme

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and that was the big theme of avril haines' opening statement in her testimony today is that, look, peopleave political points of view, but when it comes to carrying out the sacred duties of protecting the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, which is the oath you swear, when it comes to providing nonpolitical intelligence to the commander in chief so we can get our policies right, there's no room to be a democrat or a republican. you just have to call it like it is. if you're coming in there with a political agenda, you shouldn't be there. >> jeremy bash, thanks so very much. >>> president-elect biden's pick to head the treasury department is getting some serious support from her predecessors today who say the senate needs to confirm janet yellin given the immediate economic challenges the country is facing. highlights from her hearing ahead. (sneeze) skip to cold relief fast. alka-seltzer plus power max gels. with 25% more concentrated power. oh, what a relief it is! so fast! among my patients, i often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues. does it worr

officers that's about to change, said joe biden's nominee for director of national intelligence, avril haines the first woman to lead the country's 18 spy agencies. >> when it comes to intelligence, there's no place for politics ever. >> reporter: haines was appointed by a republican, dan coats, forced out by president trump for telling the truth about vladimir putin haines promised to work with the fbi on the threat from qanon, said a new iran nuclear deal should include missiles, and the u.s. should take an aggressive stance toward china. a warning underscored today by tony blinken, biden's nominee for secretary of state. >> there is no doubt that it poses the most significant challenge of any nation state to the united states. >> reporter: but he must also restore the morale of diplomats after the trump years. >> they have been treated with disdain, smeared, and forced out of public service. there has been a stunning loss of expertise, steep declines in morale. >> reporter: because of the insurrection, the biden team is hoping to get its national security cabinet in place this week late to

the first hearings include national intelligence, avril haines, homeland security, alejandra mae arcus, state antony blinken, treasury, janet yellen, defense, weight austin. watch the confirmation -- lloyd austin. watch the confirmation hearings on c-span, c-span.org are listed on the c-span radio app. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. mr. speaker, may i proceed? thank you, speaker shepherd. and to senate pro tem jimmy hickey, and to the honorable members of the general assembly. thank you for that warm greeting. let me assure you that is gratefully received. and hopefully that signals a strong relationship, as we enter this session. i also welcome those members joining from the senate chambers, and those joining from the public. first, let me extend my congratulations to the new members. by my count we have 20 members newly elected in this session. and for some it is a return in a new role and for many others this will be your first regular session. as you remember, when i was elected governor, we hit the ground running. and we did not intend to slow down. so buckle your seatbelt be

. >> as it gets to work, the senate approves the first of the new cabinet appointments, avril hainesnfirmed as director of national intelligence, marking a bipartisan start to the new senate. the renewal of an old tradition that had fallen into disuse in recent months, the first of what are intended to be daily briefings by the new press secretary. >> is objective and commitment is to bring transparency and truth back to government, to share the truth even when it is hard to hear, and that is something i hope to deliver on as well. >> president biden and the first lady arrived at the lincoln memorial for the final event of this inauguration day, a day that took place in the shadow of a pandemic and the threat of political violence. ♪ but which ended in the celebration of what the new president promises is the beginning of a better and kinder era. ♪ >> let's bring in our guests in washington. we have the founder of the republican women for biden. and associate professor of international studies. also, in atlanta, a writer and georgia organizer add southerners on new ground power. welc

the first hearings include national intelligence, avril haines, national security, state, antony blinken, treasury, janet yellen, defense, lloyd austin. watch the confirmation hearings on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app app. -- c-span radio app. ♪ you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was greeted by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these companies, who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. -- to viewers as a public service. of our video inside the rotunda of the u.s. capitol and the statute of the reverend martin luther king jr. this was shot as part of our 2006 documentary, "the capitol," that will air today on c-span. you can find online as well at c-span.org. we will spend the next half-hour asking you about what the founders with think of our republic. (202)-748-8000 is the line to call for those of you who are democrat. (202)-748-8001 for republicans enter independent and others, (202)-748-8002. it is the 35th observance of the martin luther king holiday. a couple of tweets and co

avril haines is the newest director of national intelligence. was approved by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 84 to 10. haines' day-one confirmation comes after tom cotton briefly held up the process. he asked for a written response from her about a question during her confirmation hearing a day earlier. >>> and former president trump is in florida this morning as he faces a second impeachment trial. he greeted supporters yesterday before making his way to his mar-a-lago club in palm beach. he became the first president to skip his successor's inauguration since 1869. paula reid reports. >> reporter: former president trump departed the white house early wednesday for the last ee] >> reporter: he gave his final speech as president to a small gathering of supporters and his family at joint base andrews. the president wished his successors well but still could not bring himself to say their names. >> i wish the new administration great luck and great success. have a good life. we will see you soon. >> reporter: after he boarded air force one, cb

the senate confirmed president biden's first cabinet member director of national intelligence avril haines yeas are 84 the nays are 10 with more expected today. the first full day of the biden harris administration because of you democracy has prevailed. and today's executive orders will continue to focus on the pandemic either reversing or retooling trump administration policies related to vaccines testing and medical supplies. >>live in washington. i'm jessi turnure all right, thank you very much jessie. >>4.31 o'clock a strong california influence is present in washington from vice president kamala harris to house speaker nancy pelosi to a number of cabinet nominees. some california is more progressive ideas are getting some national attention now, but critics say what works here in the golden state may be too much for the rest of the country. nancy loo explains. >>from phasing out gas powered cars study carbon ise ing the electricity grid to pushing for reforms and a gig economy. california has been at the forefront of many policy issues and innovation is a staple here. some political

avril haines will serve as director of national intelligence which is the president's top intelligence official haynes the first woman to hold this post will lead an agency that coordinates the entire intelligence community. a total of 17 agencies and organizations. senator josh hawley of missouri has blocked the president's pick for homeland security secretary. joe mayor kiss. holly is at odds with marcus over immigration policy. his confirmation could take another week is mayor kiss must first clear a committee vote. it has yet to be scheduled. and other confirmation hearings are underway awaiting decisions on pete buttigieg for transportation secretary janet yellen as treasury secretary tony blinken as secretary of state and merrick garland as attorney general. >>and as part of his immigration reform plan president biden is calling on congress to preserve dhaka that's the deferred action for childhood arrivals program daca has protected. thousands of young people who came to america as young people from deportation. as our kron four's rob fladeboe reports tonight, a leading south ba

before that she swore in the first cabinet member avril haines after her senate confirmation last night. haines is now the new director of national intelligence. the administration also released the summary of harris's phone calls for the world health organization which the u.s. just rejoined yesterday. harris' call with director general means she'll engage with other foreign leaders, which biden did when he was vice >>> vice president harris, though, can't move into her new miles from the white house, pence family moved out, but the home needs some renovations, including some chimney repairs. while those repairs are being done, the vice president and her husband will move into blair house. that's the president's guest house and normally reserved for foreign dignitaries. >>> after peaceful inaugurations, thousands of national guard troops are on their way home. nearly 26,000 from all over the country were deployed to d.c. late last week in response to escalating threats and fears of more rioting. 7,000, though, will stay in the area for another week. >> i'm chief meteorologist jeff rani

as we were coming out here, avril haines should be on her way to confirmation, but she has been on heray. we have prioritize getting our national security team in place, given the importance of keeping the american people safe, but we are eager for those to move forward in the coming days. ideally, tomorrow or by friday, we would like to move them quickly. it is something we are raising in our conversations. >> has president biden invited congressional leaders to sit down and talk about the covid relief measure he introduced? mrs. psaki: he has been discussing the covid relief measures, the entire package that has unemployment insurance, relief and assistance for the american people, and it also has money to reopen schools, but he has been discussing that with democrats and republicans since long before he was sworn in. today was a day where he had conversations about working together in terms of getting his team in place, his agenda moving forward, but i expect he will be picking up the phone in the coming days and having more of those conversations. in terms of when he will meet in p

. >> reporter: avril haines, the new director of national intelligence, was the first member of biden'set confirmed last night. today, pete buttigieg had his confirmation hearing for secretary of transportation, and retired general lloyd austin's nomination as defense secretary is proceeding towards confirmation. and we are just hearing from the office of the new senate majority leader chuck schumer. they are reviewing this impeachment proposal. we've also heard from senator lindsey graham, who appears to be speaking for the former president, he says mr. trump supports the timeline and has begun assembling his defense team. norah. >> o'donnell: kris van cleave, thank you. well, tonight, a reminder of the international challenges that president biden now faces: twin suicide bombings rocked baghdad. the first drew a crowd. and then came the second blast. more than 30 people were killed in the deadliest attacks in years. isis has just claimed responsibility, and this comes as the u.s. draws down its troops in iraq. well, tonight, as authorities continue to round up suspects who took part i

his picks so the 1st one actually before we get to tony blinken these actors date is this woman avril haines who apparently hacked into the senate computers and. trying to sabotage investigations into torture why would avril haynes be appointed director of national intelligence if you look at the histories of these people. you'll find that they're distraught and from the very small coterie of bad all going to the same couple schools in d.c. schools for foreign policy they all have the same experience in places like langley and elsewhere it's become a very common thing for democratic candidates even for the house of representatives to trumpet their past additions as cia analysts and what you're also seeing in the by the ministration is military appointments at a very alarming. level so obviously these are people who are recently retired from the u.s. military but are now shuffled into government posts and traditionally that was frowned upon it's not it's not illegal in any way because there are retired figures but what it does is it erode the civilian basis of the defense department in the sa

people like jake sullivan and tony blinken and avril haines and general austin. even though he knows he's a foreign policy junky, he's got a lot of attention he has to give to his domestic agenda, so he's going to delegate to these very experienced people. so what are you going to see? i think you're going to see a very interesting balance between prince the, idealistic principle and pragmatism from this administration. when you think about it, if you think about our national security priorities, our interests, starting with the survival of our nation not only against nuclear attack but attacks against your democracy, prevention of catastrophic attacks, things like 911, that sort of thing, also the preservation of our global operating system, this wonderful thing our forbearers put in place after world war ii that's been so important and also our allies, and finally protection of universals values. when you look at what president biden is inheriting, the america first agenda, that only looked apt the first two interests, and i think you will find this administrat

avril haines will be the first woman to oversee american spies. becoming the first member of president biden's cabinet to win senate approval. the 84-10 foot for confirmation came hours after the president was sworn in. as director of national intelligence, he oversees several intelligence agencies. that shashi -- she oversees several intelligence agencies. and almost 40,000 coronavirus patients are being treated in british hospitals. the bank of japan is leaving its main policy unchanged. the central bank for because the economy will gain more growth than previously thought. doj policymakers kept its interest rate program intact. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i am karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. tom: thank you so much. let's do a data check on a day with the ecb focused on washington -- let's be focused on frankfurt for a good part of these hours of surveillance. futures up six, dow futures up 19. it is a global equity lift. you see

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policies and tonight he managed to get his first cabinet level appointee confirmed to the senate, avril hainesrector national intelligence. >> president biden: so help me god. >> congratulations mr. president. >> his first act focused on immigration. he stopped construction of the southern border wall and moved to protect the children of illegal immigrants. >> president biden: we will repair our alliances and engaged with the world once again. >> he rejoined the paris climate agreement, killed permits for the keystone pipeline, and entered a 100 day mask day challenge. the one thing he avoided mentioning all day, former president trumps name. but he did come up short on criticism of his administration. >> president biden: we face an attack on our democracy and truth. a raging virus, growing an equity, the sting of systemic racism, climate and crisis, america's role in the world. anyone of these may be enough to challenge us in profound ways. >> that tactic was echoed by press secretary tonight. >> secretary psaki: we talked about the importance of bringing truth and transparency back to the br

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the first will get a hearing tomorrow, with avril haines, is and with inauguration day just six dayshe physical symbol of the transfer of power popped out just outside president trump's windows today at the white house. joining our conversation is elena taurean, and elena, take me through, which is in so many ways not an ordinary transition. it's a hot switch. one person will leave without handing over really any of the most sensitive or crucial inside information, as it's been reported in axios and the post, many places, and the other will step into a country in crisis. >> that's exactly right. also remember, the president-elect's transition was delayed for several weeks with some of the most crucial briefings he should have been receive. so he a specially after seeing what happened last week after the capitol, and just six days away from taking office, normally by this point you've had confirmation hearings, already have vetted a lot of the nominees, particular the national security ones that are imperative to have in office on day one. they haven't had that opportunity because of

the senate voting right now to confirm avril haines to be the next director of national intelligence. confirm a new secretary of defense, attorney general, treasury secretary and all 22 cabinet level nominees. late today, new senators were sworn in from georgia. that gave democrats the majority. >> when and where we can come of the democratic will strive to make this important work bipartisan. the senator works best when we work together. >> our country deserves for both sides, both parties to find common ground for the common good everywhere that we can and disagree respectfully. where we must. >> in terms of leaving the senate, chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell are still trying to work out with a 50/50 split. schumer is focused on confirming nominees and the impeachment trial. for mcconnell, a major priority is maintaining the filibuster. >> democrats will be in charge of the committee's, with an even split. so 50/50 -- you can't do a whole lot of big things unless you get a lot of by n. tomorrow, transportation secretary nominee will have a senate hearing and the house armed servic

janet yellen to be treasury secretary, avril haines director of national intelligence.he head of the homeland security department, tony blinken is the head of the state department with lloyd austin, those are all scheduled to happen on tuesday so there really is a busy day on the hill. host: certainly a busy time for the senate, at least. i want to focus a bit on that with the pieces you are publishing this morning. the trump job performance rating remains strong among republicans, making the chances of finding 17 republicans who will convict on an article of them pete schmidt. they wrestled with purging trump from the party. how soon do you think the senate might take up the article of impeachment? guest: that really depends on when nancy pelosi sends the article to the senate. under the senate impeachment rules, soon as the senate receives the article of impeachment, the indictment has to proceed immediately. so, it's really up to pelosi in terms of the timing. she has control over the lever but she will be making that decision in conjunction with joe biden and chuck

. >> avril haines is in after an 84-10 confirmation votes. will things stay bipartisan if the senate starts spending time on an impeachment trial? >> i'll tell you now if president biden wants a theme of his presidency to be unifying the country, does he think that nancy pelosi and chuck schumer should drop a potentially divisive senate impeachment trial? >> we are confident, though, that just like the american people can, the senate can also multi-task and they can do their constitutional duty while continuing to conduct the business of the american people. >> access to the area around the white house complex still remains very restricted. much more than usual even for the day after a big event. we have not had any reports of any major incidents. >> harris: thanks for getting us started. i want to welcome republican senator tom cotton of arkansas. senator cotton, thank you for being here. before we start, thank you for your kindness, your generosity around the recent loss of my dad. i really appreciate it, sir. >> sure thing. congratulations

before that, swore in the first cabinet member avril haines after her senate confirmation last night.nal intelligence. the administration also released a summary of harris's phone calls to the world health organization which the u.s. just rejoined yesterday. harris' call with the director general means she'll likely engage in calls with foreign leaders which president biden did when he was vice president. >>> okay, let's switch gears and take a look at our forecast. and, jeff, you are going to talk about the rain headed our way. >> yeah, and, you know, it's been a while coming here. you know, we've had the rainfall but we just haven't had enough consistently. so this is some really good news for us as we start to head back into a more active weather patternver ohe next 7 to 10 days. so we started off tonight with a look at my viewer mail. i wanted to share this photo coming in from linda york. she is an all-time number one nbc bay area viewer and she said there was another gorgeous sunset tonight. just in case you missed it, you can see all of that beautiful color out there in the clo

avril haines leading the intelligence community confirmed 84-10. what does that say to you that you and the republican colleagues, at least most of you, agree on these three initial confirmations? >> all historic choices, breakthrough choices and all extraordinarily qualified choices and i think there's reservoir of goodwill that still exists in many ways i think because there's bipartisan group of us that fashioned that $900 billion package that got signed into law in late december. that bill got 92 votes. for all the of the noise when the senate is actually voting we have found more common ground and i genuinely hope that continues. >> we shall see. the secretary of state nomination tony blanken about to come up. i assume he'll be confirmed and see how lopsided that vote is. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us. good luck. >> thank you so much. >>> a new worrisome new variant of the coronavirus has just been detected right here in the united states. we'll also have the latest on the investigation into the u.s. capitol riot. there are new lea

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. >> the senate last night confirmed avril haines to be the director of national intelligence with an 84-10 vote. >> we can and should come from the secretaries of defense, state homeland security and treasury without much delay. >> transformation secretary haaland nominee pete buttigieg was on the hot seat today confronted by ted cruz about president biden canceling the keystone pipeline and an estimated 11,000 jobs. >> so for those workers the answer is, someone else will get a job? >> the answer is we are very eager to see those workers continue to be employed in good paying jobs even if they might be -- >> the new administration is more interested in helping illegal immigrants in helping our own citizens. >> treasury senate janet yellen could be confirmed as soon as a year ago and secretary of state nominee tony blinken could be potentially confirmed next week. >> bret: important information from the senate, mike. thanks. on his first full day in office president biden is prioritizing is number one item on his agenda, the coronavirus pandemic. the president signed a new number of

biden's cabinet has only one confirmed member, as a matter of fact, avril haines. she may soon be joined by retired army general lloyd austin now that congress has given him the waiver needed to run the pentagon as a civilian. meanwhile, biden has decided to stick with trump appointee chris wray as fbi director. the agency is currently knee-deep in investigating the capitol riot, as well as being subjected themselves to a review of intelligence procedures ahead of that insurrection. trump still facing a second senate impeachment trial for inciting that attack. mitch mcconnell today offered majority leader schumer a proposal to start the trial in february, giving him more time to confirm biden nominees and trump more time to -- pelosi still hasn't sent the article over to the senate and is not giving clues about a time line. >> i'm not going to be telling you when it is going. >> are you at all concerned about moving forward with the impeachment process, that it could undercut that message and alienate republican supporters of the president? >> no. no, i'm not worri

the senate on wednesday approved avril haines as director of national intelligence. 84 senators voted to confirm haines, 10 voted against -- all of them republicans. haines was president obama's top lawyer on the national security council from 2010 to 2013 and cia deputy director from 2013 to 2015, where she authorized using drone strikes to carry out extrajudicial assassinations. meanwhile, the house of representatives is set to vote today on whether to grant a waiver to allow retired army general lloyd austin to become pentagon chief. general austin is on the board of the weapons contractor raytheon and is a partner in the venture capital fund pine island capital. critics say his nomination contravenes the principle of civilian control of the military. joe biden is the first president in recent history to come into office before any of his key advisors are installed. as president biden's other cabinet nominees await their hearings and confirmations, he has appointed nearly two dozen acting officials to temporarily lead agencies. meanwhile, biden has fired peter robb, the general cou

like to see republican senators ask hard questions about people -- they blew it last week with avril hainess read into russia gate in august 2016. where were republican senators? what questions they should be asking jake sullivan and other people who were involved in the russiagate operation, using political espionage that, can contact me, they can contact john solomon or you. these questions should be asked, they should be put on the record. maria: this is one of the reasons you have a division within the republican party as well. there's a big group that feels exactly the way you do and others who just don't. let's move forward, they're saying. lee smith, john solomon, great to see you both, gentlemen. thank you so much. we will get into the biden agenda when we come back. former acting dhs secretary chad wolf is here on joe biden's swift action at the southern border. wait until you hear this. stay with us. ughter... she's cute like her grandpa. voya doesn't just help me get to retirement... ...they're with me all the way through it. voya. be confident to and through retirement. because

the permit for the long disputed keystone xl pipeline also today, the senate voted to confirm avril haines as the new director of national intelligence giving president biden the first member of his cabinet, former california secretary of state alex the deo was sworn in today as senator for california replacing kamala harris see is the first latino to represent the state in the u.s. senate in a tweet senator put dia said it's the honor and privilege of a lifetime to serve as a voice for all california is at this critical moment in our nation's history. he went on to say that he will work to build a better future for the next generation the dia was sworn in as we said by his predecessor vice president. kamala harris alongside newly-elected georgia senators jon ossoff and raphael back here in the bay area we talked to some people today at crissy field in san francisco, and they say. >>they're excited about the new administration. and just relief just a new beginning and everything that we've been through with corona presidency, everything else is happening is just it's a new beginning it's t

you see there on the screen, he joins the director of national intelligence, avril haines.s to have anthony blinken to the state department soon. our congressional department reporter ryan nobles here. ryan, confusion is thrown into the mix with the possibility of an impeachment trial next week. >> reporter: they were already delayed in getting this cabinet up and running in time for joe biden to take office. there was hope that janet yellen could be confirmed as soon as this afternoon, but already that process is being held up, and that is in part because of this 50-50 split in the senate. yes, democrats control the majority, but it doesn't take much for republicans to gum up the works. democrats had hoped to bring these nominations to the floor under the terms of unanimous consent, but just one republican can raise concerns and prevent unanimous concern from happening. that appears to be happening right now from blinken and yellen. there is still the opportunity their votes could come up later this afternoon, but it is more likely now that it could happen on monday. just

the first was avril haines as director of national intelligence. the first woman in that post.gnates awaits senate confirmation including secretary of state and attorney general austin is retired 4 star army general and the first african american to lead the pentagon a nomination is confirmed the senate voted 93 to 2 to confirm him with only republicans mike lee and josh hawley opposed congress waived the requirement that 7 years elapse before a military man could take the top job at defense. austin retired in 2016. but it's similar waiver went to general james mattis when he became donald trump's pentagon chief earlier this week cost an assured senators he knows the difference between wearing a suit and wearing a uniform, the safety and security of our democracy. demands competent civilian control of our armed forces. >>the subordination of military power to the subtle. i spent my entire life. committed to that principle. >>now as dean reynolds, reporting next in line to take a seat in the biden cabinet appears to be janet yellen as the new secretary of the treasury. her senat